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• Canadian missing after Nepal flooding found safe, Anand says

  03-09-2026 01:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says one of the 30 Canadian citizens and permanent residents missing after catastrophic flooding in Nepal's border region with China has been found safe.
  
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• Snowbirds to make final flight at Grey Cup in Calgary

  03-09-2026 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Canadian Forces Snowbirds will make their final flight at the 113th Grey Cup in Calgary on Nov. 15, the CFL announced Thursday.
  
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• Montreal cat returns home after 2 weeks on loose at Toronto Pearson airport

  03-09-2026 22:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Abir Batikhi said Caramel was one of four cats she had travelling with her from Jordan to Montreal on Aug. 17. 
  
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• No charges for Alberta sheriff who used AI to create sexualized images of his co-workers

  03-09-2026 22:20 via cbc.ca
  
  An Alberta Sheriffs peace officer won't be charged criminally for using artificial intelligence to create intimate images of women, including co-workers, without their consent.
  
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• Ford says ‘beautiful’ Lake Ontario sign was worth $25K price tag

  03-09-2026 22:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Last week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford travelled to Winona to unveil a giant blue sign that reads "Lake Ontario now and always" in both English and French.
  
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• Ottawa needs to be more transparent about major projects, think tank says

  03-09-2026 22:12 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — The Carney government needs to be more transparent in identifying which types of major projects are national priorities, says a leading think tank on the eve of a major Canadian investment summit. In an open letter to be released Friday, the C.D. Howe Institute said Canada also needs to be clearer about processes and timelines for major projects, which have been identified by the federal government as a key building block in efforts to build a stronger economy. After almost a dec
  
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• Ottawa lays out plan for AI data centres as community backlash grows

  03-09-2026 21:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  A.I. Minister Evan Solomon says the government understands Canadians are concerned about noise, electricity and water use of large-scale data centres.
  
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• Trump says his threat to tariff Canadian aircraft started from a conversation with a wealthy friend

  03-09-2026 21:55 via nationalpost.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump said 50 per cent tariffs targeting Canada’s aircraft industry was prompted by a complaint from a friend who couldn’t buy the corporate jet of his choosing.Trump made the remark during a six-minute-long rant about Canada in the Oval Office on Wednesday.“I had a case about a week ago, where a friend of mine was buying a Gulfstream jet, and he said, ‘You know, it’s a crazy thing. We’re not able — that Canada won’t certify
  
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• Increased bear activity prompts closures at Bruce Peninsula National Park

  03-09-2026 21:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Increased bear activity has prompted Parks Canada to temporarily close the Cyprus Lake campground and cancel some parking reservations at the Grotto.
  
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• New vertical $20 bill featuring King Charles III unveiled by Bank of Canada

  03-09-2026 21:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  This is the first Canadian paper currency to feature King Charles III, whose image replaces that of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II.
  
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• N.S. woman says her family has lost hundreds of relatives, friends in Nepal floods

  03-09-2026 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  One N.S. resident says she has lost hundreds of relatives and friends after Nepal's deadly flash floods in her home district of Rasuwa.
  
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• ‘Thank God we don’t have the media’: Ford praises closed-door announcement

  03-09-2026 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  The joke was Doug Ford's last remark at an event which looked like a news conference but had no reporters in attendance, part of a recent trend for his government.
  
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• Survey says Saskatchewanians support social media limits for youth: province

  03-09-2026 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  The majority of households who responded to the government's survey supported limiting social media for children and teenagers younger than 16, the province said.
  
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• Feds announce $4.7B for new VIA Rail cars to be built in Ontario, Quebec

  03-09-2026 20:05 via cbc.ca
  
  In the latest push of its Buy Canadian Policy, the federal government is spending more than $4.7 billion for Via Rail to acquire and maintain 313 new passenger rail cars from Alstom Canada. This will be the first time in four decades that Via Rail passenger cars will be built entirely in Canada.
  
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• Feds announce $4.7B for new VIA Rail cars to be built in Ontario, Québec

  03-09-2026 20:05 via cbc.ca
  
  In the latest push of its Buy Canadian Policy, the federal government is spending more than $4.7 billion for VIA Rail to acquire and maintain 313 new passenger rail cars from Alstom Canada. This will be the first time in four decades that VIA Rail passenger cars will be built entirely in Canada.
  
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• U.S. abandonment of CUSMA would be severe but survivable for Canada, report finds

  03-09-2026 19:51 via nationalpost.com
  
  A U.S. withdrawal from the Canada-United-States-Mexico trade agreement (CUSMA) would have a “severe but not cataclysmic impact on Canada’s overall economy, although perhaps cataclysmic for some sectors,” according to a new report released this week by Deloitte Canada.The report is titled “Tariffs: A rough road leads to new destinations,” and imagines two broad scenarios in the near future.In the first, the “CUSMA Withdrawal Scenario,” the U.S. opts out
  
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• 2 men charged after stolen vehicle reaches 180 km/h in Regina: police

  03-09-2026 19:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two men are facing charges after a stolen vehicle reached speeds of up to 180 km/h before crashing off an embankment near Regina, police say.
  
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• Winnipeg is seen as Canada’s least safe city, Ottawa considered safest: polling

  03-09-2026 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  More than half of people polled by Liaison Strategies said they perceive Winnipeg to be very or somewhat unsafe, it found. Ottawa topped the list as safest.
  
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• Hiker missing from B.C. gondola made call to 911 saying he's 'stuck on the mountain'

  03-09-2026 19:18 via cbc.ca
  
  Search and rescue crews say a hiker who's been missing from the Squamish area since Sunday managed to briefly get through to 911 on Tuesday, but that searchers still haven't been able to find him.
  
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• Ford's $25K Lake Ontario sign a costly way to send Trump a message: Taxpayers Federation

  03-09-2026 18:56 via nationalpost.com
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford spent $25,000 on a new Lake Ontario sign. And while there are many reasons to be angry with the Trump administration, “there are a lot cheaper ways to send a message to the president,” Noah Jarvis, Ontario director at the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF), told National Post.“The president himself does it all the time with his tweets and his posts on Truth Social,” Jarvis added.The sign, which reads “Lake Ontario, now and always” i
  
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• Carney rejects U.S. claim that Canadian politics ended trade talks

  03-09-2026 18:34 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA – Prime Minister Mark Carney rebuffed U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s recent comments that Canada pulled out of trade talks with the U.S. due to political reasons.“I don’t think, with all respect, appointed, unelected cabinet members in the United States are experts on Canadian politics,” said Carney, during an announcement in Thunder Bay, Ont., on Thursday.The prime minister’s comments come after Lutnick claimed the reasons Canada blew up tra
  
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• Quebec won't reverse course on French-only voter info mailout ahead of provincial election

  03-09-2026 18:10 via cbc.ca
  
  The Quebec premier insists 'the rights of the English-speaking community are being respected,' despite voter info not being mailed out in English ahead of the Oct. 5 election.
  
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• Dutch central bank moves billions in gold to U.K. from Ottawa, New York

  03-09-2026 18:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Dutch bank owns 612.4 metric tons (675 tons) of gold that was worth 72.2 billion euros (about $83.6 billion) at the end of 2025.
  
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• N.B. and N.S. gaming Crown corps fined for lax money laundering reports

  03-09-2026 17:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada’s money laundering watchdog has fined the Crown corporations in charge of gaming in N.B. and N.S. for failing to submit reports regarding suspicious activity. 
  
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• Toronto begins recovery after ‘100-year storm’ leaves behind massive flooding

  03-09-2026 17:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  A massive thunderstorm swept into Toronto on Wednesday afternoon, dropping two months of rain over the course of a few hours. 
  
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• VIA Rail cars to be made in Canada for 1st time in 40 years, Carney says

  03-09-2026 17:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  The prime minister says the country is being 'tested' by Donald Trump’s trade war, but that Canadians will not be divided by American tariffs.
  
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• Carney says Russia’s ejection from G20 was ‘valid’ as officials return

  03-09-2026 17:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Canadian prime minister says it’s up to U.S. President Donald Trump which world leaders get an invite to G20 meeting in Miami.
  
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• Canada’s new Heritage Minute honours Gander as 9/11 anniversary nears

  03-09-2026 17:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  The commemorative celebration precedes a visit to Gander by U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra and other officials and plane passengers on Sept. 11.
  
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• Newfoundland welcomed them after 9/11. They’re heartbroken by Trump’s trade war

  03-09-2026 15:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada's relationship with the United States began crumbling last year when U.S. President Donald Trump started making threats of annexation and tariffs on Canadian goods.
  
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• Two whales die in Chicago aquarium after moves, including one from Marineland

  03-09-2026 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  The whales died Wednesday afternoon despite "immediate efforts by animal care and veterinary teams to provide lifesaving measures," Shedd Aquarium said in a news release.
  
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